John Tortorella wouldn’t say whether he’d healthy scratch Sean Avery for Game 5 tonight. Chris Drury has his team pumped up for tonight’s possible clinching game at the Verizon Center.

New Jersey Devils (3) versus Carolina Hurricanes (6)

After blowing the game late in Game 4, the Devils hung on to defeat the Hurricanes 1-0 yesterday at The Rock. The Devils are now focused on Sunday’s Game 6. It is truly amazing how clutch Martin Brodeur is.

I haven’t seen a player play as bad as Thornton did yesterday since Phil Housley’s brief tenure with the Leafs.

He was directly or indirectly responsible for the first three Ducks goals.

Bob Roberts

I haven’t seen a team work as well together as the Ducks did last night in a long time. They showed everyone — not least themselves — what they can do when they pull together and forget the toughguy image. Skate, skate, skate mixed with smart decisions with the puck, plus shoot the puck and go to the net. Nothing fancy, just work, work, work which resulted in bounces like that Ryan goal and almost completely negating a powerful Sharks team. And they broke the “home-ice jinx” Randy ALMOST cracked a smile there. I’m sure he did. Ok, maybe it was just gas. Perfect game? No. But very close. Loved seeing Miller get the ENG — nice reward for a very well-played series for him and the other “non-stars”.